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-rw-r--r--pod/perlcommunity.pod4
-rw-r--r--pod/perliol.pod2
-rw-r--r--pod/perlre.pod4
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlcommunity.pod b/pod/perlcommunity.pod
index bd31258dac..993c9563db 100644
--- a/pod/perlcommunity.pod
+++ b/pod/perlcommunity.pod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ own IRC network, L<irc://irc.perl.org>. General (not help-oriented) chat can be
found at L<irc://irc.perl.org/#perl>. Many other more specific chats are also
hosted on the network. Information about irc.perl.org is located on the
network's website: L<http://www.irc.perl.org>. For a more help oriented #perl,
-check out L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Perl6 development also has a
+check out L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl>. Perl 6 development also has a
presence in L<irc://irc.freenode.net/#perl6>. Most Perl-related channels will
be kind enough to point you in the right direction if you ask nicely.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ resources for Perl developers as well as a directory of other useful websites.
=item L<http://use.perl.org/>
use Perl; provides a slashdot-style Perl news website covering all things Perl,
-from minutes of the meetings of the Perl6 Design team to conference
+from minutes of the meetings of the Perl 6 Design team to conference
announcements with (ir)relevant discussion.
=back
diff --git a/pod/perliol.pod b/pod/perliol.pod
index 26ad305fb0..3798a9705a 100644
--- a/pod/perliol.pod
+++ b/pod/perliol.pod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ maintain (source) compatibility.
The aim of the implementation is to provide the PerlIO API in a flexible
and platform neutral manner. It is also a trial of an "Object Oriented
-C, with vtables" approach which may be applied to perl6.
+C, with vtables" approach which may be applied to Perl 6.
=head2 Basic Structure
diff --git a/pod/perlre.pod b/pod/perlre.pod
index ef2a66e3f6..88023ef7b0 100644
--- a/pod/perlre.pod
+++ b/pod/perlre.pod
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ As a shortcut C<(*MARK:NAME)> can be written C<(*:NAME)>.
=item C<(*THEN)> C<(*THEN:NAME)>
-This is similar to the "cut group" operator C<::> from Perl6. Like
+This is similar to the "cut group" operator C<::> from Perl 6. Like
C<(*PRUNE)>, this verb always matches, and when backtracked into on
failure, it causes the regex engine to try the next alternation in the
innermost enclosing group (capturing or otherwise).
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ backtrack and try C; but the C<(*PRUNE)> verb will simply fail.
=item C<(*COMMIT)>
X<(*COMMIT)>
-This is the Perl6 "commit pattern" C<< <commit> >> or C<:::>. It's a
+This is the Perl 6 "commit pattern" C<< <commit> >> or C<:::>. It's a
zero-width pattern similar to C<(*SKIP)>, except that when backtracked
into on failure it causes the match to fail outright. No further attempts
to find a valid match by advancing the start pointer will occur again.